Richard A. Peddie (born January 1947[3]) is a Canadian businessman. He is the former president and CEO of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment. (wikipedia)
We look forward to working with the three levels of government as we prepare for construction of the stadium in early 2006 and while we finalize our franchise agreement with Major League Soccer,
We have to do a major course correction. We used to follow a buy strategy and now we have to follow a build strategy.
We are looking for just a general manager, ... He will set the strategy and the tone. We are just hiring one person.
I said we were going to go out and get the most proven, experienced GM that we could and I think we have.
In all, we get about one/30th of what's sold outside our building (divided among all teams), ... I don't think that would even amount to six figures. What's important to us is the brand recognition when people wear them around town.
The investment community follows those stocks and scrutinizes quarterly earnings reports very carefully. The fact that we're privately held means we're not under the same scrutiny and our ownership isn't under as much pressure to produce quarterly profits,
If we have to, absolutely. (We'd have) no fear at all.
We would do that for everyone from Jeannie at the reception desk to John Ferguson and the vice-presidents. Good companies do that.
I've been reviewing (the performance) of senior people since the start of April. That will have an end date and a whole written component.
What we're missing out on is the single game sales and when you start the season 1-15, that doesn't get the heart racing. People aren't engaged yet.
